Re: Application path

[Jaroslav Šmíd <jardasmid gmail com>]

The only way to get this on linux is to read symlink /proc/self/exe 
(readlink()) On Windows, you can use GetModuleName(NULL, xx, yy). Don't 
know if glib has anything for this.

On 01/12/2011 02:13 PM, John Emmas wrote:
> Browsing through glib/gutils.c this morning, I noticed a function called g_get_application_name() which will return the application's name (e.g. 
> "my_app" on Linux, or "my_app.exe" on Windows).  Is there any similar function that would tell me the full path to the 
> application - e.g. "/usr/bin/my_app/my_app" under Linux, or "C:\Program Files\my_app\my_app.exe" under Windows?
>
> John
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